Shuttle Discovery Heads Toward the Space Station
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Astronauts on the first spacewalk of the shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station freed a new Japanese-made laboratory from its moorings in the shuttle payload bay on Tuesday so that it could be removed. (article 12)
When Discovery docked at the International Space Station Monday afternoon, the station's three crew members were ready to welcome their colleagues and the spare parts they were bringing to fix the toilet. (article 9)
P (06-01) 04:00 PDT Cape Canaveral Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven blasted into orbit Saturday, carrying a giant Japanese lab addition to the international space station along with something more mundane - a toilet pump. (article 1)
Carrying seven astronauts, a 35,000-pound Japanese laboratory, 33 pounds of repair parts for a broken toilet and a 12-inch Buzz Lightyear action figure, the shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station today. (article 5)
The shuttle crew is on a two-week mission to the space station to install the billion-dollar Japanese Kibo module in a series of three spacewalks and, yes, to bring parts to fix the toilet on the space station. (article 5)
The shuttle Discovery blasted its way into orbit on Saturday through wispy clouds against blue skies on its way to deliver a bus-size laboratory to the International Space Station. (article 2)
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Source articles
- Toilet pump and $1 billion Japanese lab head for outpost (sfgate.com, 06/03/2008, 353 words)
- Shuttle Discovery Heads Toward the Space Station (nytimes.com, 06/01/2008, 825 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/03/2008, 726 words)
- ABC News: Shuttle Looks Clean in Initial Check (ABCNews, 06/01/2008, 352 words)
- ABC News: Shuttle Docks With Space Station (ABCNews, 06/02/2008, 365 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/02/2008, 10 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/02/2008, 16 words)
- Japan space lab anchored to ISS (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 320 words)
- Space Station Astros' New Job: Plumbing (ABCNews, 06/04/2008, 464 words)
- Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 06/03/2008, 1152 words)
- Astronauts make do in shuttle damage check (sfgate.com, 06/03/2008, 195 words)
- Laboratory Module Attached to Side of the Space Station (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 478 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/03/2008, 11 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/03/2008, 12 words)
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